Alexander Schmorell Saint

Saint Alexander Schmorell (16 September 1917 in Orenburg, Russia; – 13 July 1943 in Munich) was one of five Munich University students who formed a resistance group known as White Rose (Weiße Rose) which was active against Germany's Nazi regime from June 1942 to February 1943. In 2012, he was glorified as a Passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 16, 1917
Birth place
Russia , Orenburg
Date of deathJuly 13, 1943
Place of death
Germany , Munich

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Saint

canonized by
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
canonized dateFebruary 05, 2012
canonized place
Germany
Munich
venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church

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External resources

  1. http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/antinazi.htm
  2. http://orthodoxwiki.org/Alexander_Schmorell
  3. http://weisse-rose-stiftung.de
  4. http://weisse-rose-stiftung.de/fkt_standard.php?aktion=cs&ma=cs&c_id=mamura&topic=033&mod=2&page=1&lang=de
  5. http://weisse-rose-stiftung.de/fkt_standard2.php?aktion=ls&ma=cs&c_id=mamura&id=08102982&page=1&topic=013&mod=2&lang=de
  6. http://www.jimandnancyforest.com/2011/02/02/alexander-schmorell-a-witness-in-dark-times
  7. http://www.jimandnancyforest.com/2012/02/10/schmorell-canonization